About Zulu recordings
Zulu (isiZulu) is written in the Latin alphabet, with c, q and x for its click sounds. Urban South African speech often switches between Zulu and English, which stays in English on auto-detect.
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Thanks for joining. Today we go through next quarter’s plan. Before we start, can everyone hear me clearly? Yes, loud and clear. Let’s begin with the budget.
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 Thanks for joining. Today we go through next quarter’s plan. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,900 Before we start, can everyone hear me clearly? 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,000 Yes, loud and clear. Let’s begin with the budget.
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Example
Thanks for joining. Today we go through next quarter’s plan. Before we start, can everyone hear me clearly? Yes, loud and clear. Let’s begin with the budget.
1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,200 Thanks for joining. Today we go through next quarter’s plan. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:05,900 Before we start, can everyone hear me clearly? 3 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,000 Yes, loud and clear. Let’s begin with the budget.
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Zulu transcription at a glance
- Native name
- IsiZulu
- Writing system
- Latin
- Writing direction
- Left to right
- Spoken in
- South Africa (mainly KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng), and in Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Lesotho
- Price
- $1 up to 60 minutes, $3 up to 10 hours, per file
- You get
- Full transcript as TXT, TXT with timestamps and SRT subtitles
- Translation
- Into any of 141 other languages, included in the price
- Language code
- zu
How to transcribe a Zulu recording
- Upload the file (up to 5 GB) or paste a link from YouTube, TikTok, Facebook or another platform.
- Keep Zulu as the spoken language (or auto-detect), add a translation if you want one, and pay once.
- Download the Zulu transcript as plain text, text with timestamps and SRT subtitles.
An honest note on accuracy
Automatic speech recognition has seen far less recorded Zulu than English or Spanish, so expect more mistakes in names, place names and specialist terms, especially in noisy recordings. Clear speech close to the microphone gives the best result. If a paid file cannot be transcribed at all, you are refunded automatically.
Translate Zulu audio into English or another language
Choose a translation language before paying and you get two versions: the original Zulu transcript and a line-by-line translation, both as TXT and as SRT with the same timings. That makes it easy to check the translation against the original, or to publish subtitles in both languages.
Questions
How are Zulu clicks written?
With the letters c, q and x, as in standard isiZulu spelling.
How accurate is Zulu transcription?
Usable for clear speech, with more corrections than in English or Spanish. Speech models have heard far less Zulu, so names, place names, numbers and specialist terms are where to look first. Background music, overlapping voices and phone-line audio make it harder still.
Can I translate Zulu audio to English?
Yes. Pick English (or any of 141 other languages) as the translation language before paying. You get the original Zulu transcript and the translation, both as TXT and SRT.
What if the recording mixes Zulu and English?
Leave the spoken language on auto-detect. Each part is written in the language it is spoken in, so English sentences stay in English instead of being forced into Zulu.
Is Zulu supported as well as English?
It is supported, but less recorded Zulu exists for training speech models, so the transcript usually needs more checking than an English one. The price is the same, and a file that fails entirely is refunded automatically.
Last updated October 27, 2026
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